Lafarge Greece uses Artevia® for Smart Park landscape
The discount Smart Park in the Spata region of Attica is the first hybrid discount park in Greece with a total surface area of 9.1 acres, of which three have been landscaped int...
Concrete
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RAAC failures serve as a warning to new cements
This week's newsletter looks at the recent warnings about reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), which was in heavy use over the 1950-90s, but is now the subject of safe...
US DOE awards C-Crete Technologies US$950,000 for green concrete funding
The US Department of Energy has awarded C-Crete Technologies US$950,000 to expand the types of materials it can use to make its revolutionary cement-free concrete. The use of lo...
MPA voices concerns over UK government housebuilding plans
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has written to the UK government voicing concerns over the government’s recent announcements regarding housebuilding. Two differing policy...
Sika concrete recycling technology receives US$11m in funding
Sika has received CHF10m (US$11.34m) in funding for its innovative reCO2ver ® concrete recycling technology. ReCO2ver involves a novel concrete recycling process that allows old...
New Zealand's concrete industry launches its net zero roadmap
New Zealand’s concrete industry has launched its roadmap to net zero carbon by 2050 - A Net Zero carbon concrete industry for Aotearoa New Zealand: Roadmap to 2050 . Concrete Ne...
CEMEX and Ecocem start concrete trials at Heathrow Airport
CEMEX is partnering Heathrow Airport and Ecocem on a trial to explore the viability of lower-carbon concrete at the site. Following a series of lab and plant trials, the trial h...
C-Crete Technologies completes debut pour of cement-free concrete
US-based C-Crete Technologies has announced the inaugural pour of its breakthrough cement-free, ready-mix concrete in Seattle. According to the company, the concrete is essentia...
Ecocem to collaborate with Point.P on low-carbon building solutions
POINT.P, part of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution France, and Ecocem have reinforced their long history of commercial collaboration with a partnership announcement to develop ...
Aggregate Industries opens new RMC plant in Birmingham, UK
Aggregate Industries has opened a second ready-mix concrete plant in Birmingham to increase its capacity and meet rapidly-growing demand in and around the UK’s second-largest ci...